The Churchill Dam in Nelson Mandela Bay's catchment area is overflowing, following the good rain that fell in the Kareedouw area last week.
Spokesperson for the SA Weather Service in Port Elizabeth, Garth Sampson says some follow-up rain fell overnight on Saturday into Sunday along the coast and the adjacent interior, with between 7 and 16 mm in Port Elizabeth, 2.6 mm in Kareedouw, 8.4 mm at Patensie, but nothing at Joubertina.
He says he visited the Churchill Dam on Sunday, and it was overflowing.
Sampson says the dam's official level was at 100.21 percent, and this overflowing water will gradually run into the Impofu Dam, which is currently at 16 percent of capacity.
He added, however, that this overflow was very slight and there was not much water running to the Impofu.
Sampson says the drought is by no means broken, and water should still be used sparingly.
He says no rain is expected in the Bay's catchment area for the next week.
(Pic: Garth Sampson - SAWS)
